Orange-sizer



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ELMER E. \VOODIVARD, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

ORANGE-SIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,817, dated January 12, 1892.

Application filed July 30,1891. Serial 110,401,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER E. WooDwARD,

- a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Rockconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections at the dotted lines X X and X. X, respectively, in Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A is the frame of the sizer, which is constructed, preferably, of cast-iron ends A A the top, bottom, and side pieces A A A secured thereto, and the legs A, inserted into sockets A therein. The sizer is also divided by means of transverse partitions B into compartments B, which are provided with lateral outwardly-opening chutes B having inclined bottoms 13 B is a hopper.

(I are conveyer-tracks, which I prefer to make of metal and provide with longitudinal grooves C in or near their inner edges. The tracks 0 diverge from the hopper B and are laterally adjustable by means of transverse slots C therein and screws 0, which are turned into the top pieces A of the sizer-fram e.

D is'a shaft mounted in bearings D.

D are peripherallygrooved pulleys mounted on the shaft D, on which they are longitudinally adjustable by means of set-screws (not shown) passing transversely through the outer ends of their hubs D E are peripherally-grooved pulleys mounted on the axis E, which have longitudinal adjustment in the horizontal sockets E wherein they are secured by means ofset-screws E The sockets E are also horizontally adj ustable in the direction of the length of the sizer by means of the slots therein and bolts and nuts E E.

E E are collars and set-screws for support; ing the pulleys E upon the axis E.

F are endless conveyers connecting the peripherally-grooved pulleys D E.

From the construction of the different parts composing the sizer it is obvious that the conveyer-tracks C, peripherally-grooved pulleys D E, and the endless conveyors F admit of lateral coadj ustment, so as to adapt the machine to be used in sizing oranges of any size. The construction and connections of the parts E enable the slack of the conveyers F to be readily taken up whenever required.

Power is applied to the shaft D in any desired manner.

Ihe oranges to be sized are deposited in the hopper B whence the conveyers F carry them along the tracks 0, between which they drop into the compartments 13', according to their varying sizes. Thence they are carried by the chutes into separate receptacles provided for them.

These machines size oranges with the greatest accuracy and will not clog while in use.

I claim 1. In combination, in an orange-sizer, a suitable frame, diverging conveyer-tracks laid thereon, conveyer-pulleys mounted on the frame, and endless conveyers connecting the pulleys and adapted to continuously traverse them and the tracks,substantialiy as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination, in an orange-sizer, the frame, the conveyer-tracks, pulleys, and endless conveyers so mounted upon and connected with the former as to admit of lateral coadjustment, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ELMER E. WOODWARD;

Witnesses:

L. L. MORRISON, E. F. DOWLING. 

